No matter how much you love your children, sometimes you want to take a break from them. But other people's children with their cries from seven in the morning, squeals in the pool and whims in the restaurant can exhaust the nerves of random neighbors. Just for such tourists, who are eager to take a break from the society of children, hotels operating on the concept of "18+" (sometimes "16+") are designed. People under the specified age simply do not settle there. What gives a stay in such a hotel, except for freedom from sonorous children's voices?
You can safely show affection for your husband or boyfriend. At the same time, no mother from a neighboring sunbed will be indignant: “The children are right there!” Which hotel from this category to choose? If you are going to Phuket (Thailand) for a beach holiday, then you will definitely like the Karon coast. It is the best on the whole island. There are only two hotels on this beach with direct access to the sea. And one of them is called Beyond Karon Beach Resort & Spa 4. This hotel will be the heroine of our story today.
Location
The main resort in Phuket is Patong. He enjoys the glory of the capital of the sex industry, and in terms of ugliness is only inferior to Pattaya. Patong Beach does not please tourists with cleanliness. And at night, the resort does not sleep, and with it the tourists who had the misfortune to settle in hotels along the bar street of Bangla Road. But Karon Beach, just 8 kilometers from Patong, is a stark contrast to the main city.
Calmness and bliss, the azure sea, palm trees and casuarina - this is what this coast looks like. The “calling card” of Karon is fine sand, which creaks with every step, like snow due to the high content of quartz. In the south of the beach, where, in fact, the Beyond Resort Karon 4is located, a coral reef is added to all the delights, which makes it possible to snorkel and dive. The entire strip of Karon - and it stretches for three and a half kilometers - is occupied by luxury hotels. But they are separated from the sea by a highway with serious traffic. And only two hotels - and one of them "Beyand Resort" - have direct access to the beach.
Territory
Beyond Resort Karon 4 was built in 1989. But don't let the venerable age of this hotel scare you. In 2013, a large-scale reconstruction was carried out here. The three-story building in the form of a horseshoe descends in terraces. So you can see the sea from all the rooms. Between the building and the beach there are two swimming pools. There is also a restaurant with a spacious terrace on the beach, where it is pleasant to dine overlooking the sea. There is a bar on the coast, and a cafe in the lobby(services are paid).
In general, many tourists mention that the area near the hotel is small. There is no tennis court or gym. On the other side of the building is the main street of Karon. One has only to step outside the gates of the hotel, and you are in the middle of local life. Several cafes located ten meters from the hotel will satisfy your hunger. The reviews also mention a massage parlor, shops, tour desks and scooter rental offices. The location of the hotel in the south of Karon makes it possible to walk to another famous Phuket beach - Kata.
Rooms at Beyond Resort Karon 4 (Phuket)
Tourists recommend asking for a third or, in extreme cases, a second floor when checking in, because the sea is not quite visible from the balconies of the first because of the greenery, and the noise from the pool disturbs peace. By the way, when booking, carefully look at the name of the rooms. For example, all deluxe suites are located on the first floor. And rooms with a similar name - beyand deluxe - are on the second and third.
The higher priced apartments are located on the top floor. These are one-room premier sea views and consist of a bedroom and a grand deluxe living room and princess suites. All rooms have balconies. They are so spacious that some tourists refer to them as "verandas" in their reviews. The rooms themselves are by no means small. The deluxe suites, for example, are 34 square meters.
Filling rooms
Premises inBeyond Resort Karon 4fully correspond to the status of a four-star hotel. Guests are offered bathrobes and slippers. The room has a quiet and efficient air conditioning, flat-screen TV with cable channels, safe, minibar. Filling the latter is paid. But the maids during daily cleaning bring two bottles of drinking water - a "compliment" from the hotel. The bathroom has showers. In the bathroom, guests will find a hairdryer, cosmetic accessories replenished daily. And in the shower, the gel is poured into a dispenser bottle.
Furniture after reconstruction is new, plumbing, bed linen and towels too. What else do guests remember about the room? The fact that it has a kitchenette equipped with everything you need. All tourists mention with amazement and joy that they had a real coffee machine in their room. And the drink capsules were replenished daily. If you read old reviews, you can understand that the internet connection in the hotel was not up to par. But already those who stayed at the hotel in the 2018 season assure that Wi-Fi works fine and is available in all rooms. Tourists watched movies online, chatted with friends on Skype.
Food
Beyond Resort Karon 4 (Thailand) operates on the BB system. But the restaurant "On The Beach" is open not only in the morning. Here you can have a hearty lunch and spend a romantic dinner with a la carte service. Breakfasts are served in buffet style. What do tourists say about these morning meals? Everyone was satisfied with the time allotted for breakfast - both "larks" and "owls". As for the range of dishes,the guests found it monotonous. This is not a gourmet hotel, they assure. But you won't leave hungry either. They give sausage cuts, sausages, boiled and fried eggs, yoghurts. As in all hotels in Thailand, guests are offered a lot of fruits and fresh vegetables.
But Bayand Resort has its own zest in nutrition. Tourists in Thailand constantly complain about the bad coffee served in hotels for breakfast. By the end of the holiday, many gourmets are already beginning to yearn for the right drink, brewed in a Turk. But Bayand Resort serves surprisingly delicious coffee, as if made by an experienced barista. Plus, there is a drink brewing machine in every room of the hotel.
Where tourists ate during the day
Some guests had lunch and, what happened most often, dinner at the restaurant of the Beyond Resort Karon 4hotel. They say meals are worth the money. The dishes of European and Thai cuisine served here are very tasty. Many visitors note the quality service and the romantic atmosphere of the restaurant. The chefs here are so experienced that there is even a school teaching the secrets of Thai cuisine.
Budget tourists ate outside the hotel. Most vacationers dined at the Kalika cafe, which is to the right of the hotel, across the road, about 30 meters away. However, the choice of catering establishments in Karon is quite wide. But there are no dubious bars, like in Chaweng, so you can safely go there without fear of harassment by "moths" of both sexes.
Beach
As for the coast, all the guests of the hotel Beyond Resort Karon 4were unanimous: it is beyond praise here. Anyone who travels to Thailand exclusively for the sea and the beach will be satisfied. The "singing sand" of Karon has become the "calling card" of Phuket. A wide strip of the beach allows all guests to sit on sunbeds, there is no need to occupy them early in the morning. There are low tides on this coast, but they are weakly expressed. Even not in the tourist season, the waves here are observed only during the day, but in the morning and evening the sea is calm.
And in the winter months there is generally grace. No ebb currents, a light breeze freshens the air. The entry into the water is gentle, there are no stones and fragments of corals at the bottom. But in the southern part of Karon, where it smoothly merges into Kata Beach, there is a reef that attracts snorkelers. So guests are advised to take a mask with a snorkel with them on a trip. After all, the underwater life of the coral reef is extremely interesting. Massage services are available on the beach.
Pools & Spas
Tired of splashing around in the very s alty Andaman Sea? Diversify your vacation by swimming in the pools filled with fresh water at the Beyond Resort Karon 4(Phuket). There are two of them, and they are located in close proximity to each other, between the building and the beach. Nearby is a bar where psychedelic music plays. There you can order cocktails and refreshing drinks. The dimensions of the swimming pools are 16 x 7 meters. Both reservoirs have hydromassage functions. The hotel has a small spa. It consists ofsauna and professional massage room.
Services at Beyond Resort Karon 4 (Thailand, Phuket)
The hotel has a laundry service where you can put your laundry in a special bag and leave it for the maids. The hotel reception is open around the clock. The hotel provides its guests with discounts on the use of a golf club and services of diving and surfing centers. All these establishments are located in the immediate vicinity of the Bayand Resort. Upon check-in, a deposit is not charged, and tourists call this a plus of the hotel. The hotel also has a tour desk. But tourists are not advised to use its services. The same, but for much less money, can be found in the travel agency on the street.
Reviews
In general, tourists were satisfied with their stay at Beyond Resort Karon 4. In the reviews, guests praise large rooms with spacious balconies, a comfortable and wide bed, an extremely good location of the hotel, peace and quiet. Not a single guest room faces the street, vacationers fell asleep to the sound of the waves. Everyone liked the presence of a capsule coffee machine in the room, and the fact that the drink in the restaurant is also very tasty. But at the same time, the hotel has its drawbacks.
Among them, tourists call monotonous breakfasts, a small area. Some guests complained about imperfect cleaning. The other showers in the room were hard to get to the right temperature. But all these are trifles that are easily covered by the advantages of the hotel. In "Beyand Resort" the public from Europe rests, andthere are few Russian tourists. For some, this may seem like a disadvantage, but most vacationers were only happy about this circumstance.
Everyone, without exception, praises Karon Beach. There are few people in this part of the coast, although you can’t call the rest boring either. Various types of water activities are offered, from "banana" to parasailing behind a boat.
